H.B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

H.B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 3.900-4.200 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 3.970. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.4 billion-$3.5 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.5 billion. H.B. Fuller also updated its FY25 guidance to $3.90-4.20 EPS.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

FUL has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut their target price on shares of H.B. Fuller from $75.00 to $72.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, January 22nd. Citigroup lowered their price objective on shares of H.B. Fuller from $78.00 to $68.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, January 3rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their target price on shares of H.B. Fuller from $70.00 to $60.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a report on Friday, January 17th. Vertical Research lowered H.B. Fuller from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, January 6th. Finally, Seaport Res Ptn lowered H.B. Fuller from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 5th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $72.50.

H.B. Fuller Trading Up 6.1 %

Shares of FUL stock opened at $57.61 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $58.46 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $68.92. H.B. Fuller has a 1 year low of $52.59 and a 1 year high of $87.67. The company has a market cap of $3.12 billion, a PE ratio of 24.94, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.13 and a beta of 1.41. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.10, a current ratio of 1.81 and a quick ratio of 1.16.

H.B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, March 26th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.54 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.49 by $0.05. The business had revenue of $788.66 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $769.55 million. H.B. Fuller had a net margin of 3.65% and a return on equity of 12.01%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was down 2.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.67 earnings per share. Research analysts predict that H.B. Fuller will post 4.07 earnings per share for the current year.

H.B. Fuller Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 20th. Investors of record on Thursday, February 6th were paid a dividend of $0.2225 per share. This represents a $0.89 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.54%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, February 6th. H.B. Fuller’s dividend payout ratio is currently 38.53%.

About H.B. Fuller

H.B. Fuller Company, together with its subsidiaries, formulates, manufactures, and markets adhesives, sealants, coatings, polymers, tapes, encapsulants, additives, and other specialty chemical products. It operates through three segments: Hygiene, Health and Consumable Adhesives; Engineering Adhesives; and Construction Adhesives.